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Before a four-day holiday break from games arrived, Stanford showed why the road to No. 1 still runs through the Bay Area.

Sure, Baylor and Maryland suffered upsets. But the Lady Bears and Terps shouldn't give the losses a second thought -- nor should we.

While Stanford got a very good effort from its entire team in upsetting Baylor, Chiney Ogwumike earns top billing as our first espnW player of the week.

As the curtain closed on the opening weekend of games, it's clear that there might not be a better race for bragging rights than the one in the state of Tennessee.

Defending national champion Baylor is the unanimous No. 1 as ESPN.com's panel of contributors cast their preseason rankings.

With no Olympics in sight, Stanford's standout shortstop, Ashley Hansen, is opting to walk away from softball and jump into her career at a technology firm in Silicon Valley.

Women's Final Four: Chat with us live from the national semifinals!

Baylor is the top seed but might have the toughest road to the Final Four.

Our columnists debate the top candidates for player, coach and freshman of the year, plus tab their five favorite candidates for the All-America first team.

As the focus shifts from college football to basketball, let's recap what we've learned so far, things we thought we knew, and some preseason assumptions that need to be revised.

As her UConn teammates struggled in the first half against Stanford on Monday, freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis rose to the occasion -- just like another former Huskies player who once wore No. 23.

Caroline Doty is not UConn's best player. But after successfully returning from a third ACL tear, she has the ball back in her hands -- and a confident swagger to go with it -- and might be the team's most valuable player.

Baylor is the unanimous No. 1 as ESPN.com's panel of contributors cast their preseason rankings.

Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays and Charlie Creme take a look at what led Texas A&M past Stanford on Sunday in the national semifinals.

Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays and Charlie Creme take a look at the national semifinals on Sunday. One team is a unanimous favorite to reach the title game, but it's not UConn.

Is it better to build a team around one star (see: Maya Moore, Danielle Adams) or around a talented team (see: Notre Dame, Stanford)? The Final Four might give us the answer.